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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dress to several of the Sargent children wish they could have?
(a) Dresses with color and patterns.
(b) Dresses of soft cotton.
(c) Dresses with long, stiff skirts.
(d) Dresses of silk.

2. How much older than Marguerite is Caleb?
(a) A year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) The same age.

3. What is the name of the ship the Sargents are sailing on to get to their new farm?
(a) TransAtlantic.
(b) Isadora D.
(c) Isabella B.
(d) TransStar.

4. What does grit mean as used in Part 1 of this novel?
(a) Courage.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Foreigner.

5. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1643.
(d) 1843.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Passageewakeag?

2. What does Aunt Hespa boil in milk to help cure health complaints?

3. Off of what island is it said is the best fishing in Penobscot Bay?

4. What skill was Marguerite taught by the Sisters in a convent in France?

5. What do the children eat with their bread that makes Dolly worry about their cleanliness?

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